Method

1. Take one grown-up and put them in
charge!Preheat your oven to 180˚C, gas
mark 4 and line a rectangular 20cm x 30cm cake tin with parchment
paper and lightly grease.

2. In a large bowl beat the
dairy-free spread and muscovado sugar to reach a smooth paste. Sift
in the gluten-free flour and add the rest of the cake ingredients,
then give it a quick stir until just combined. (If the mixture
feels thick you're on track, as the carrots will release moisture
during baking.)

3. Spoon the mixture into your lined
cake tin and bake for 30 minutes, until the grown-up thinks it's
springy to the touch! Leave it to cool completely while you work on
your icing.

4.To make the dairy-free
buttercream,mix the dairy-free
spread with onlyhalfof the egg-free icing sugar to form a thick paste. Add
the remaining icing sugar and whisk until light and fluffy. Set
aside.

5.Roll the
orange sugar pastebetween two sheets
of cling-film (helps with movability and reduces mess!) to roughly
3mm thick. Roll in the shape of an oversized carrot to cover the
top and sides of your novelty cake. Do the same with the green
sugar paste but roll in to a wide rectangle and cut out some 'leafy
green tops'.

6.To assemble the cake,carefully trim the edges of the cake to remove the hard
crust and divide into three triangles (one triangle for the base
and two for the top): slice from two corners to the middle of the
base (see video above for more detail)

7. Cover the base with dairy-free
buttercream but reserve a little to spread thinly over the top and
sides of the cake. Position the top triangles on the cake and use
the buttercream to glue them together. Cover the cake with a thin
layer of buttercream and then drape over the orange sugar paste,
smooth down the sides and cut away the excess.

8. Place the carrot top leaves in
position and add some detail to the 'carrot' by using your finger
to make some grooves along the cake. Done. Now let's slice and
celebrate!

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